__________________"You don't quit. You don't go home before it's time. You don't come out of a game, even if you are in pain and feel as if you can't go one more step""Never give up, Never, never, never give up."- Luther Head after Elite 8 win v. Arizona

"Actually, that shorts the pickup of Tadahito Iguchi, who was kind of a Japanese Ray Durham. Keep in mind that Durham had his last healthy, effective season at 29; Iguchi turned 30 in December."

That is probably the dumbest most irrelevant thing I have ever seen written. I will be absolutely shocked if this team only wins 71 games.

Rowand has hit well every time he's been in the majors except for when he was still recovering from his accident. Plus the fact that he works his arse off I don't really expect him to drop off all that much.

People devalue this offense so much its amazing. Rowand, Uribe, Everett, Konerko, Thomas, Crede, Dye will all hit 20 HR at least.

I'm just ready for the season to start so I don't have to read any more of this crap.

Interesting analysis. He seems to be fairly negative on most teams / players, so one can probably just assume that his grading scale is pretty tough. I'm a bit more interested in what he has to say about other teams. He doesn't like the Twins defense. It will be worth keeping an eye on some of those young players on the Indians that he mentions.

Interesting analysis. He seems to be fairly negative on most teams / players, so one can probably just assume that his grading scale is pretty tough. I'm a bit more interested in what he has to say about other teams. He doesn't like the Twins defense. It will be worth keeping an eye on some of those young players on the Indians that he mentions.

I don't understand where all the love for the Cleveland bullpen comes from. It's basically the same guys that sucked last year plus suckass Arthur Rhodes.

I think the Twins are in serious trouble this year. The Tigers will improve, but the long-term Magglio deal was not their best move. The Indians will improve, I pick them to finish second. The Royals? Well, he's spot-on on the Royals, but so what?

Any prediction that the Sox will finish sub-.500 for the first time this century is unadulterated BS. It doesn't help when the prediction is "supported" by additional nonsense like:

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Aaron Rowand is presumably back, taking the place of the alien that played in his body last year
Freddy Garcia and Mark Buehrle are mid-rotation innings guys who get paid like aces

Everybody conveniently forgets that Rowand's career numbers are quite good (.290 AVE, 67 2B, and 41 HR over 1069 career ABs). We're not talking about Curt Warner here. Even a stathead should recognize that Rowand's unlikely to suck in 2005 at the ripe old age of 27.

Meanwhile, Buehrle and Garcia have been two of the top pitchers in the AL over the past several years. The fact that they eat a lot of innings is just another plus. Even a stathead should recognize that they're unlikely to suck in 2005 at the ripe old age of 26 and 28, respectively.

Finally, neither Garcia nor Buerhle "get paid like aces," though both are definitely top-of-the-rotation starters. In fact, Buehrle is one of the best cost-per-production values in all of pro sports.